Waiting Alone

Waiting Alone 2005

děngdài

An award-winning audience favorite in China since it debuted, Waiting Alone tells the first-person-narrative of Wen (Xia Yu), a shop owner and aspiring author who feels that he's met his dream girl (Li Bingbing). The only problem is, he seems stuck in the friend-zone. Aided by his best friends and the one girl he completely trusts (Gong Beibi), he tries different ways to woo her...

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3.98 Beginner Director Dayyan Eng IMDb 7.3

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bèi gào rén defendant (in legal case) ∼HSK 5
yǒu xíng limited term of imprisonment (i.e. anything less than life imprisonment) ∼HSK 5
jīn fine; to forfeit ∼HSK 5
退 退 tuì tíng to retire from the courtroom; to adjourn ∼HSK 5
线 zhàn xiàn busy (telephone line) HSK 5
fàn meal in a partitioned box HSK 5
kǎo ròu barbecue (lit. roast meat) HSK 5
xiàng elephant HSK 5
liǎo desperately serious; disastrous; extremely; exceedingly HSK 5
qiān zhèng visa; to issue a visa HSK 5
huó po lively; vivacious; brisk; active; (chemistry) reactive HSK 5
quán spring (small stream); mouth of a spring; coin (archaic) HSK 5
zi box; case HSK 5
màn cháng very long; endless HSK 5
wài exception; to be an exception HSK 5
xián idle; unoccupied; leisure HSK 5
zhù shǒu assistant; helper HSK 5
zài nèi (included) in it; among them HSK 5
péi to compensate for loss; to indemnify; to suffer a financial loss HSK 5
liú top quality; front ranking HSK 5
bīn guǎn guesthouse; lodge; hotel HSK 5
duǒ flower; earlobe; fig. item on both sides; classifier for flowers, clouds etc HSK 5
shī fu master; qualified worker; respectful form of address for older men HSK 5
hǎo that's fine; may as well; (reduplicated) regardless of whether ... or ... HSK 5
zhēng used in 挣扎 HSK 5
to hold; to grasp; to clench (one's fist); (bound form) to have in one's control; classifier: a handful HSK 5
rén fascinating; enchanting; charming; tempting HSK 5
tiān cái talent; gift; genius; talented; gifted HSK 5
ban to decorate; to dress; to make up; to adorn; manner of dressing; style of dress HSK 5
tuō to separate oneself from; to break away from; diastasis (medicine); abscission; abjunction (botany) HSK 5
chǎng miàn scene; spectacle; occasion; situation HSK 5
wán le to be finished; to be done for; ruined; gone to the dogs; oh no HSK 5
rěn bu zhù cannot help; unable to bear HSK 5
at the minimum; at the very least HSK 5
to mention; to speak of; to lift; to pick up; to arouse; to raise (a topic, a heavy weight, one's fist, one's spirits etc) HSK 5
zhù assistant HSK 5
ǒu ěr occasionally; once in a while; sometimes HSK 5
mǎi mài buying and selling; business; business transactions HSK 5
le all right!; that's enough! HSK 5
bēi tragedy HSK 5
yōng bào to embrace; to hug HSK 5
ròu muscle; flesh HSK 5
suí hòu soon after HSK 5
miàn aspect; phase; situation HSK 5
shì major event; major political event (war or change of regime); major social event (wedding or funeral); (do sth) in a big way HSK 5
yǐn liào drink; beverage HSK 5
zāo gāo too bad; how terrible; what bad luck; terrible; bad HSK 5
pēn to puff; to spout; to spray; to spurt HSK 5
chú fēi only if (..., or otherwise, ...); only when; only in the case that; unless HSK 5
rèn to recognize; to know; to admit HSK 5